Wentz Hall Fast Facts:

Wentz Hall is one of the best kept secrets at UWL. Located centrally on campus and close to both Whitney Dining Center, Murphy Library, and the Center for the Arts, there are few places better or more convenient to live on campus.

Wentz Hall is a traditional, wing-style residence hall that is home to approximately 240 residents. While most residents have one or two roommates with whom they share a bedroom. Wing residence halls have long running hallways with student rooms on either side. The term traditional means that residents in this building live in standard double rooms, with a shared bathroom facility. Wentz Hall houses a mixture of upperclass students and first year students and is single sexed by floor.

If you are looking for a calm hall with a unique feel, come to Wentz!

Anna Wentz

Taught from 1920-1948

Department: Biology (which was housed under Physical Education)

Anna Wentz was known as a tough professor of Anatomy and Physiology, making students memorize EVERY bone, nerve, and muscle in the body. To add to difficulty, students had to spell them correctly and have proper grammar

Students jokingly said that you learned both A & P and English in Wentz’s class

While a college student, Anna Wentz worked with a group of researchers trying to find a way to successfully burn away cooties from soldier’s bodies, while not harming them. The team was successful!

Also known for coordinating student pep rallies, and come to every football and basketball game, even if that meant hopping in her beat up red Ford truck!